Improvement in snow-shovels



LCAMPBELL SNOW-sHovEL.

,Patented Feb'. 8,1876,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' EUGENE CAMPBELL, OF SOUTH WESTERLO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SNOW'Sl-IOVELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 73,209, datedFebruary 8, 1876;. application iled i January 7, 1876.

To all whom ithmay concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE GAMPBELL, of

i South Westerlo, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented anew and useful Improvement in Snow-Shovel, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure l is a longitudinal section of my improved shovel, taken throughthe line .r @Figa 2. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts'.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved woodensnow-shovel, w-hich shall be vso constructed that it may be used forshoveling the snow7 from a tin, zinc, or cement roof Without injuringthe roof.

The. invention consists in the combination of the runners with the bladeof a shovel, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the blade of a Wooden snow,- shovel, which is provided Witha handle, B, in the usual Way. The edge ofthe blade A may be faced withthin sheet metal C, to prevent Wear. D are beads or ribs, which areattached to the under sideof the blade A, andthe forward ends of whichare curved upward to serve as runners, to slide over the roof when theshovel is being used.

The runners D prevent the edge ofthe blade A from catching upon theseams of a metal roof, or upon inequalities in a cement roof, and thusprotects the roof from beinginjured. The runners D also cause the shovelto work easier as they slide over the surface, and prevent the bladefrom rubbing upon said surface.

I do not limit myself to Wooden shovels, as

lthe runners D can be applied4 to shovels of

